Dhaniakhali Assembly constituency (archaic spelling: Dhonekhali) is an

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constituency in

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...

in the

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. The seat is reserved for

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 197 Dhaniakhali Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Belmuri, Bhastara, Dashghara I, Dashghara II, Dhaniakhali I, Dhaniakhali II, Gurap, Gurbari I, Gurbari II, Khajurdaha Milki, Mandra, Somaspur I and Somaspur II

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s of

Dhaniakhali Dhaniakhali is a village in Dhaniakhali (community development block), Dhaniakhali CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. The place has lent its name to the popul ...

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, and Babnan, Dadpur, Makalpur and Satithan gram panchayats of Polba-Dadpur community development block. Dhanekhali Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 28

Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency) Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Hugli-Chuchura in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district. ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Ajit Patra of

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won the Dhaniakhali assembly seat defeating Jitendra Nath Sarkar of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kripa Sindu Saha of Forward Bloc defeated Asima Patra representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and

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in 1996 and 1991, and Kashinath Patra of Congress in 1987, 1982 and 1977.

1951-1972

Kashi Nath Patra of Congress won in 1972. Kashi Nath Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971. Kripa Sindhu Saha of Forward Bloc won in 1969 and 1967. Birendra Chaudhury of Congress won in

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. In

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Dhaniakhali was a double seat. It was won by Radha Nath Das and D.N.Mukherjee, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951 the Dhaniakhali seat was won by Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee of Congress.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Hooghly district